Improvement in shelf-supports for stoves and ranges



W.P. ABENDQRVQTH;

SHELF SUPIORTS FOR ST'OVES AND RANGES.

No. 184;,278. ?atented Nov. 14;,1876.

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WILLIAM P. ABENDROTH, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHELF-SUPPORTS FOR STOlIES AND RANGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,278, dated November14, 1876; application filed December 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. ABEND- ROTH, of Port Chester, in thecounty of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in Shelf-Supports for Stoves or Ranges, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention pertains to certain improvements in the method ofsupporting and attaching shelves or the extension of covers to stoves orranges, where it is often desirable to make some additional extension tothe top of the same for a time, and then fold it out of the Way to saveroom and the invention consists in attaching the shelf or extensionofthe cover or top, as the case may be, to the stove by a pivotedconnection of peculiar construction, at one side or end, and thensupporting the outer end or side by ajointed bracket so constructed asto drop into a firm supporting position upon the shelf, and which willfold up out of the way when the shelf is lowered, as plainly shown inthe drawings.

Figure 1 represents a shelf or extension to the top of a range or stove;and Fig. 2 shows the same with the shelf suspended by its hinges, andthe bracket folded up between it and the rear of the stove to which itis attached.'

At A is represented the shelf, attached to the end of a cooking range orstove, as at B, by a pivoted attachment, as at G. Said attachmentconsists of a curved and downwardlydropping arm, pivoted at its end to alug under the downwardly-projecting flange of a stove, out ofthe Way ofdust and cinders and liquids that may be spilled from cooking utensils,which would be liable to injure or rust the hinge and cause it to bind,if exposed. For supporting the outer end there is provided a foldingbracket, as at D, thetwo members of which are pivoted together in themiddle and furnished with a shoulder or projection on each side of thepivot, to serve as a look, but so as to permit the two parts to drop alittle below a line drawn through the pivot attached to the shelf andthe one on the side of the stove, and whereby it will, by its ownweight, tend to keep locked, and thereby support, the shelf, but may beeasily unlocked by simply raising the central pivot above the line ofthe twoextreme points or pivots, when the center will fold up, and thebracket will assume the position represented at Fig. 2, between theshelf and the end of the stove or range.

The stove-top is constructed or provided with an inclined dependingflange, e, beneath which is pivoted the shelf, so that said shelf willbe out of the way of dust, cinders, and liquids that may be spilled fromcooking utensils, which would be liable to injure or rust the hinge andcause it to bind, if exposed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the shelf A and its hinged supports D D, of theattachment 0, located under the depending flangee of a stovetop,substantially as and for the purpose described.

WILLIAM P. ABENDROTH.

Witnesses:

BOYD ELIOT, CHAS. H. LEONARD.

